Category: Regulation

MahiFX clone site pops up in China
March 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MahiFX clone site pops up in China

Forex brokerage solutions provider MahiFX has just issued a warning notice regarding a cloned Chinese website. Fraudsters are using false details or mix these with some correct details of the registered firm MahiFX. The scammers operate via the website https://www.mahi-fx.com/. A MahiFX spokesperson commented on the news: We are deeply concerned that our trading platform…

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FCA warning
March 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against SW1 Options firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company SW1 Options. SW1 Options is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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ASIC suspends AFS license
March 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC suspends Red Summit Trading Partners' AFS license

ASIC has informed the public that it has suspended the Australian financial services (AFS) license of WA-based Red Summit Trading Partners Pty Ltd (Red Summit) from 7 March 2018. ASIC found that, due to various staffing changes, Red Summit is not currently carrying on a financial services business. As a license variation application is pending,…

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FCA warning
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Meridian Financial Group firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Meridian Financial Group. Meridian Financial Group is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Soft Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Soft Loans. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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‘pump and dump’ schemes Securities Commission Malaysia SC warning
March 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Securities Commission Malaysia warns against ‘pump and dump’ schemes via social media

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has issued a warning to investors over the increase use of blogs, forums and social media platforms to spread false and misleading information on certain companies in order to perpetrate ‘pump and dump’ schemes. Perpetrators would accumulate shares at lower prices before posting positive sentiments about the companies, with the…

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FCA warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited. Euro Ventures Group (London) Limited is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against DENMAN-BRYS GROUP clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm DENMAN-BRYS GROUP. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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Belize regulator IFSC warning
March 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belize regulator IFSC warns against Zenith Loan Company

Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a company called Zenith Loan Company. The entity is not licensed under the IFSC Act to provide, carry on, transact, or hold himself out as providing, carrying on, or transacting any of the international financial services as set out in the Schedule of the IFSC…

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